JP2001045660A - Outlet equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] An outlet having a timer function of a conventional configuration has a problem that a user must set a timer time. A switch (4) for opening and closing a circuit by a control circuit (7) that operates using generated power of a solar panel (6).
Are opened and closed so that the device 16 can be operated without requiring time setting by the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an outlet for supplying power to a device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of a conventionally used outlet having a timer function.
Outlet 21 to which commercial AC power supply 20 is connected,
Connect the plug 22 with the timer 23,
The power supply to the device 25 is controlled. That is, when the time set in the timer 23 elapses, the power supply to the device 25 is started or stopped.

[0003]

The outlet having the timer function of the conventional configuration has a problem that the user must set the time of the timer.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a control circuit that operates by using the power generated by a solar panel opens and closes a switch that opens and closes a circuit, so that a device can be operated without requiring time setting by a user. Outlet equipment that can be used.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention described in claim 1 requires a user to set a time by opening and closing a switch for opening and closing a circuit by a control circuit that operates using generated power of a solar panel. The outlet device can operate the equipment without using it.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an outlet device which has a timer function in a control circuit, and automatically opens and closes a switch when a predetermined time is reached to operate a device.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an outlet device which includes a remote control receiving section in a control circuit, and opens and closes a switch in response to a remote control signal, and can operate a device by the remote control signal.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a power monitor is provided in the control circuit so that the switch can be automatically opened and closed when the device consumes a predetermined amount of power, thereby achieving an energy saving effect or ensuring the safety of the device. Outlet equipment that can be used.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, a control circuit includes a sensor, and the sensor opens and closes a switch when the sensor detects a movement of a person.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, an information outlet is provided in the control circuit, and when a predetermined signal is transmitted to the information outlet, a switch is opened and closed so that air conditioning or the like can be instructed from outside. The outlet device is easy to use.

[0011] The invention described in claim 7 is an outlet device that includes a filter that absorbs a lightning surge and that can protect equipment from the lightning surge.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment. Reference numeral 15 denotes an outlet connected to the commercial AC power supply 1, which is provided on an indoor wall surface or the like. Outlet 15, filter 11,
A plug 2 having a solar panel 6, a switch 4, and a control circuit 7 is inserted. One end of the switch 4 of the insertion plug 2 is inserted into a plug receiver 16 a of the device 16.

The solar panel 6 is a device in which a semiconductor element generates electromotive force in response to sunlight or fluorescent light.
Power is supplied to the control circuit 7 and the backup power supply 13. The power generated by the solar panel 6 is proportional to the energy density of the incident light. A battery or the like is considered as the backup power supply 13, but an electric double layer capacitor or the like may be used.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below.
In this embodiment, the control circuit 7 controls the switch 4 to control the energization of the plug receiver 16a of the device 16. That is, when the control circuit 7 turns on the switch 4, the commercial AC power supply 1 is supplied to the device 16. When the control circuit 7 turns off the switch 4, the supply of the commercial AC power supply 1 to the device 16 is stopped.

The switch 4 can be a relay switch or a semiconductor element. That is, the control circuit 7
When the switch 4 is energized, the switch 4 closes and the commercial AC power supply 1 is supplied to the plug receiver 16a of the device 16. Further, when the control circuit 7 energizes the switch 4, the switch 4 is opened and the supply of the commercial AC power supply 1 to the device 16 can be stopped.

At this time, in the present embodiment, the control circuit 7 opens and closes the switch 4 according to the power generated by the solar panel 6. Therefore, when the solar panel 6 is installed indoors and is generating electricity by the light of a fluorescent lamp, the switch 4 is opened and closed at the same time as the fluorescent lamp is turned off in the middle of the night and darkened. That is, the power supply to the device 16 is stopped or started. That is, the operation of the device 16 can be automatically stopped or started at midnight without setting a timer time as in the related art.

At this time, in this embodiment, since the control circuit 7 has the timer 3, when the time is set in the timer 3, the switch 4 is opened and closed exactly at the set time. In the case of an outlet that has a conventional timer function, while the operation setting is based on time,
In the present embodiment, an easy-to-use outlet device can be set based on the time.

In this embodiment, the control circuit 7 has a remote control receiving section 8. Therefore, when a remote control signal is transmitted, the remote control receiving section 8 receives the signal and the control circuit 7 can open and close the switch 4. That is, the power supply to the device 16 can be freely controlled only by transmitting the remote control signal without setting the time.

In this embodiment, the control circuit 7 has a power monitor 9. The power monitor 9 monitors the power consumption of the device 16, and operates so as to turn off the switch 4 when the power consumption exceeds a predetermined value. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to realize an outlet device that has an energy saving effect or that can ensure the safety of the device.

In this embodiment, the control circuit is a sensor 10
It has. As the sensor 10, for example, an infrared sensor can be used, and when the movement of a person is detected by the infrared sensor, the control circuit 7 opens and closes the switch 4. For example, when a security camera or the like is used as the device 16, a light source for the solar panel 6 is separately prepared and can be used as a setting for driving at night or the like. In this case, if the output of the control circuit 7 is connected to a buzzer or the like (not shown) to notify the occurrence of the abnormality by a sound, it is effective for crime prevention.

In this embodiment, the control circuit 7 has an information outlet 12. The information outlet 12 is connected to, for example, a telephone line. When the user communicates by telephone from outside, the information outlet 12 receives the signal and opens and closes the switch 4. For example, if an air conditioner or the like is used as the device 16 and the user turns on the device 16 by telephone before returning home, the room is at an appropriate temperature when returning home, so that the user can spend comfortably. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, the device 16 can be driven by external communication, and an easy-to-use outlet device is realized.

In this embodiment, the filter 11 is used. The filter 11 functions to absorb a lightning surge. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to realize an outlet device that can protect equipment from lightning surge.

[0023]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an insertion plug connected to an outlet, a switch for opening / closing a circuit connected to the outlet, a control circuit connected to the switch, and supplying power to the control circuit. A solar panel that supplies power, and controls the power supply to the device connected to the insertion plug by turning on and off the switch according to the power generated by the solar panel, so that time setting by the user is not required. This realizes an outlet device that can operate the device by using the same.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the control circuit comprises:
As a configuration having a timer function and opening and closing a switch when a predetermined time is reached, an outlet device that can operate a device at a predetermined time is realized.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the control circuit has a remote control receiving section, and opens and closes a switch in response to a remote control signal, thereby realizing an outlet device capable of operating a device by the remote control signal. .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the control circuit has a power monitor, and switches are opened and closed when the device consumes a predetermined amount of power, thereby achieving an energy saving effect or ensuring the safety of the device. This realizes an outlet device that can be used.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the control circuit has a sensor, and the sensor detects the movement of a person to open and close a switch, thereby realizing an outlet device having a high security effect. .

According to the invention described in claim 6, the control circuit has an information outlet, and when a predetermined signal is transmitted to the information outlet, the switch is opened and closed, so that air conditioning or the like can be instructed from outside. This realizes an easy-to-use outlet device.

The invention described in claim 7 realizes an outlet device that can protect a device from lightning surge as a structure including a filter for absorbing lightning surge.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an outlet device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional outlet device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Commercial AC power supply 2 Insertion plug 3 Timer 4 Switch 6 Solar panel 7 Control circuit 8 Remote control receiving part 9 Power monitor 10 Sensor 11 Filter 12 Information outlet 13 Backup power supply 15 Outlet 16 Equipment 16a Plug receiver

Claims (7)

[Claims] A plug connected to an outlet, a switch for opening and closing a circuit connected to the outlet, a control circuit connected to the switch, and a solar panel for supplying power to the control circuit. An outlet device that opens and closes the switch according to power generated by a solar panel to control power supply to a device connected to the plug. 2. The outlet device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit has a timer function, and opens and closes a switch when a predetermined time is reached. 3. The outlet device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit has a remote control receiving unit, and opens and closes a switch according to the remote control signal. 4. The control circuit has a power monitor, and opens and closes a switch when the device consumes predetermined power.
The outlet device described in. 5. The outlet device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit has a sensor, and the sensor opens and closes a switch when the sensor detects a movement of a person. 6. The outlet device according to claim 1, wherein the control circuit has an information outlet, and opens and closes a switch when a predetermined signal is transmitted to the information outlet. 7. The outlet device according to claim 1, further comprising a filter for absorbing a lightning surge.